[AN #137]: Quan­tify­ing the benefits of pre­train­ing on down­stream task performance

Rohin ShahFeb 10, 2021, 6:10 PM
18 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

We got what’s needed for COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tion com­pletely wrong

ChristianKlFeb 10, 2021, 7:59 AM
61 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

A great hard day

KatjaGraceFeb 10, 2021, 7:00 AM
54 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Notes on Schel­ling’s “Strat­egy of Con­flict” (1960)

MichaelAFeb 10, 2021, 2:48 AM
25 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

Fix­ing The Good Reg­u­la­tor Theorem

johnswentworthFeb 9, 2021, 8:30 PM
147 points
39 comments8 min readLW link1 review

Book re­view: The Geog­ra­phy of Thought

PeterMcCluskeyFeb 9, 2021, 6:47 PM
73 points
37 comments5 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

Still Not in Charge

ZviFeb 9, 2021, 4:00 PM
46 points
24 comments8 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

We Need Browsers as Platforms

jefftkFeb 9, 2021, 3:40 PM
15 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Episte­mol­ogy of HCH

adamShimiFeb 9, 2021, 11:46 AM
17 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

How would free pre­dic­tion mar­kets have al­tered the pan­demic?

mike_hawkeFeb 9, 2021, 10:55 AM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Against but­terfly effect

ForensicOceanographyFeb 9, 2021, 7:46 AM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(forensicoceanography.wordpress.com)

Evolu­tion from dis­tinc­tion difference

KatjaGraceFeb 9, 2021, 5:20 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Pro­mot­ing Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets With Mean­ingless In­ter­net-Point Badges

1a3ornFeb 8, 2021, 7:03 PM
59 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Micro­morts vs. Life Expectancy

Young BuckFeb 8, 2021, 7:03 PM
5 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What met­rics should I track when ex­per­i­ment­ing with sleep?

CheerfulWarriorFeb 8, 2021, 5:22 PM
10 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Were the Great Tragedies of His­tory “Mere Rip­ples”?

philosophytorresFeb 8, 2021, 3:35 PM
−24 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

The dis­tinc­tion distance

KatjaGraceFeb 8, 2021, 7:40 AM
24 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Quadratic, not logarithmic

Valentin2026Feb 8, 2021, 3:42 AM
84 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Sin­gu­lar­ity&phase tran­si­tion-2. A pri­ori prob­a­bil­ity and ways to check.

Valentin2026Feb 8, 2021, 2:21 AM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Met­ric se­lec­tion bias: why Moore’s law is less im­por­tant than you think

Aaron BergmanFeb 8, 2021, 12:21 AM
18 points
10 comments6 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Killing the ants

Joe CarlsmithFeb 7, 2021, 11:17 PM
76 points
27 comments8 min readLW link1 review

Mak­ing Ex­per­tise Leg­ible: Be­ing right should make you re­spected, not the other way around

ejacobFeb 7, 2021, 11:15 PM
6 points
11 comments3 min readLW link
(eidan.substack.com)

Timeline of AI safety

riceissaFeb 7, 2021, 10:29 PM
73 points
6 comments2 min readLW link
(timelines.issarice.com)

His­tory of the Public Suffix List

jefftkFeb 7, 2021, 10:20 PM
11 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Book re­view: Sleight of Mind (Matt Cook)

Bob BakerFeb 7, 2021, 9:44 PM
4 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How do you op­ti­mize pro­duc­tivity with re­spect to your men­strual cy­cle?

just_browsingFeb 7, 2021, 9:39 PM
97 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Why I Am Not in Charge

ZviFeb 7, 2021, 6:20 PM
145 points
23 comments25 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

#un­clogth­eFDA: a twit­ter storm to ap­prove vaccines

Tim LiptrotFeb 7, 2021, 2:39 PM
45 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Short, Ex­treme, For­got­ten Tor­ture vs Death

burritoFeb 7, 2021, 9:31 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Democ­racy, Bureau­cracy, Cen­tral Banking

Martin SustrikFeb 7, 2021, 8:54 AM
19 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Mas­sive consequences

KatjaGraceFeb 7, 2021, 5:30 AM
23 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Bring Back Free-Flow Valves

jefftkFeb 7, 2021, 3:50 AM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

O2 Curve Re­view: Well Worth the Money

eapacheFeb 6, 2021, 10:35 PM
14 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

What it means to be lucky

Amir BolousFeb 6, 2021, 5:40 PM
7 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How could nat­u­ral lan­guage look like if it hadn’t evolved from speech?

newroscientistFeb 6, 2021, 4:31 PM
5 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Fake Frame­works for Zen Med­i­ta­tion (Sum­mary of Sek­ida’s Zen Train­ing)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 6, 2021, 3:38 PM
54 points
11 comments10 min readLW link

Cur­rent cry­on­ics impressions

KatjaGraceFeb 6, 2021, 10:00 AM
63 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Is the world be­com­ing bet­ter?

invertedpassionFeb 6, 2021, 9:28 AM
34 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

In­tu­itions about utilities

mingyuanFeb 6, 2021, 12:12 AM
32 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

The Fear Experiments

Tim LyonsFeb 5, 2021, 10:57 PM
10 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Learn­ing Nor­ma­tivity: Language

BunthutFeb 5, 2021, 10:26 PM
14 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread – Fe­bru­ary 2021

mingyuanFeb 5, 2021, 9:38 PM
13 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Three Sto­ries about not Think­ing too Hard

ejacobFeb 5, 2021, 7:51 PM
25 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(eidan.substack.com)

Evolu­tions Build­ing Evolu­tions: Lay­ers of Gen­er­ate and Test

plexFeb 5, 2021, 6:21 PM
12 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Notes on Frugality

David GrossFeb 5, 2021, 4:54 PM
15 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

[Link] Sarah Con­stantin on RaDVaC

OrbordeFeb 5, 2021, 4:08 PM
38 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(twitter.com)

[Question] What does flow feel like for “men­tal ac­tivi­ties”?

HazardFeb 5, 2021, 2:33 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Creat­ing AGI Safety Interlocks

Koen.HoltmanFeb 5, 2021, 12:01 PM
7 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Meetup: Daniel Koko­taljo on Com­mit­ment Races (Sun­day Feb 7th, 12pm PT)

RaemonFeb 5, 2021, 9:34 AM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Any layper­son-ac­cessible refer­ence posts on how to op­er­a­tional­ize be­liefs ?

Optimization ProcessFeb 5, 2021, 7:26 AM
18 points
0 comments1 min readLW link